New Haven 2020 is working towards a thriving New Haven that includes all voices and engages and values each member of its community. We will encourage increased racial equity and specific inclusion of marginalized groups and youth.

Monday, March 23, 2009

We Want You To Know, And We Hope You'll Be Involved

New Haven 2020: It Starts Now is an ambitious project designed to get a broad cross section of the people of New Haven thinking about, speaking about, and planning for the times we are in and the times to come – even as far off as the year 2020.

This spring and in the year ahead, we will be helping people organize and host dialogues on jobs, education, health care, public safety and other topics: issues New Haveners have told us were the most important to them. Some groups have already begun the process. We will support the work that is going on and encourage new conversations across neighborhoods and interest areas and with those not yet included. New Haven 2020 builds on the renewed interest and the investment in public life generated by the recent national election. It is an invitation to all of us to become involved.

New Haven 2020 is built on the premise that what each of us does today and every day thereafter will shape the New Haven of the future. We are already a city of tremendous talent and broad diversity. Let’s marshal those gifts and together build the city we know we would like to live in, a city that thrives, a city that nurtures each one of us.

You’ll be seeing and hearing more on New Haven 2020: It Starts Now in the weeks to come. Stay tuned. Your ideas and commitment are invaluable.

We’ll be talking for a change. We’ll be helping to move great ideas and workable solutions into action.

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